Stratford-upon-Avon Gaslight Coke Company, Papers: Slatter, Son and More, solicitors, of Stratford-upon-Avon

Description

Large bundle of papers relating to the passage of the Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Act through Parliament, 1856-1857. Includes: - Completed questionnaires sent to Gas Companies in Bromyard, Oundle, Brackley, Marlborough, Malvern, Bicester, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Leominster, Sutton Coldfield, Redditch, Evesham; December 1856. - The Gas Question by David Rice, Mayor, opposing the Bill, 12 February 1857. - The Gas Question; a reply to the statement of the Mayor, 17 February 1857. - The Bill to incorporate the Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Company. - A petition against the Bill. - Brief for the promoters, proofs and minutes of evidence etc., June 1857. - Act to incorporate the Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Company 27 July 1857. (Also Act to incorporate the Stourbridge Gas Company, 1855; and A bill for incorporating the Ormskirk Gaslight Company, 1852-1853).